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Brooklyn hipsters are also ruining barbecue, apparently. -- (link) - Tim Mar 4, 11:49 4
- A decade ago we had terrible BBQ with few choices but today we have some great options. -- (edited) - Krusty Mar 4, 12:14 2
  - Also the food in the picture cost $28, and I saw a thread with How much barbecue that money buys you in other places. -- nm - Tim Mar 4, 12:16 1
    - That place is in the middle of one of the most expensive neighborhoods in Brooklyn. Nothing is affordable in Williamsburg. -- nm - Krusty Mar 4, 13:00
- fixed -- (pic) - budice Mar 4, 12:07 [Attachment]
Heh, the Big 12 gave player of the year to a guy not leading the nation in scoring and assists - Will Hunting Mar 4, 11:47 1
- It was unanimous so Young's coach didn't even vote for him. -- nm - jnine Mar 4, 11:50
apologies if I break beta ... testing something :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 11:42 3
- OK, test is in progress. I added the auto-expanding subject box to Beta. BUT! BUT! - Beryllium Mar 4, 11:55
- Yep, broke it for a few seconds. Back now. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 11:43 1
  - ¡¿¡¿ʎɹǝq 'op noʎ pᴉp llǝɥ ǝɥʇ ʇɐɥM -- nm - prayformojo Mar 4, 11:51
One of Heather's friends is training to run a marathon on Antarctica. When she completes that, she'll have done a marathon - prayformojo Mar 4, 11:31
Not cut and dry, but teacher accused of cowardice in Parkland shooting. -- (link) - Mop Mar 4, 11:30 1
- "that's protocol, we have no choice".... Those are not the words of a "hero" -- nm - J Mar 4, 12:42
Go Redbirds! -- nm - Dano Mar 4, 11:30 1
- Yeah! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 4, 11:31
Jim Kelly being Jim Kelly -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 4, 11:23
I try not to post a lot of Trump World articles but...JUDAS PRIEST!!! -- (link) - David Mar 4, 11:20 9
- Ah, that helps explain why Mueller is looking at this guy. -- (link) - znufrii Mar 4, 12:05
- I've moved from wanting convictions to thinking we need a few executions for treason. -- nm - TWuG Mar 4, 11:27 7
  - What are the odds that the actual reason for all of this is to start a global conflict and make the weapons companies (and America) richer? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 11:29 5
    - This particular one is all Kushner. He was whoring himself out all over the world trying to save his family's finances. This is the first report I've - jnine Mar 4, 11:48
    - The actual reason for all this is just blinding incompetence and greed combined with self-interest above all else. - TWuG Mar 4, 11:45 3
      - Oh, and the votes of people who are so angry at life that they can't think straight. -- nm - TWuG Mar 4, 11:46 2
        
        So what I'm hearing is that the military-industrial complex will just luck into inevitable global conflict? :D -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 11:49 1
        
        They usually do. It doesn't even really require effort since the rest state of humans seems to be "fight". -- nm - TWuG Mar 4, 11:52
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- Your pool has been temporarily locked until further action is taken by your pool administrator. -- nm - Spawn Mar 4, 11:08 1
  - POOLS CLOSED. -- nm - Qale Mar 4, 13:16
- "Your pool has been temporarily locked until further action is taken by your pool administrator. " -- nm - budice Mar 4, 11:06 1
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Genius -- (link) - Spawn Mar 4, 11:03 1
- CA legislature passed this last year, but the Governor vetoed it. He said it would be overturned by the courts because it's interfering with federal - jnine Mar 4, 12:03
Oscar Pool locked? -- nm - budice Mar 4, 10:57
Please click through for this entire thread. My favorite is Three Billboards. -- (link) - Tim Mar 4, 10:21 5
- LOL at Boss Baby -- nm - JaxSean Mar 4, 10:31
- Phantom Thread's my fave. -- nm - David Mar 4, 10:24 3
  - Yep. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 4, 10:25
  - That's second for me. -- nm - Tim Mar 4, 10:24 1
    - Three Billboards is second for me. That's The Good Place's best bit. -- nm - David Mar 4, 10:30
Sad that this story doesn't mention Saru at all ... heheh. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 4, 10:16
This is pretty good. Ragnarok with Immigrant Song replaced by Toxic. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 4, 10:11 1
- (OK, maybe not as good as the star wars ones) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 10:19
You heard about termites? It's messed up, right? -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 4, 09:40
Did ST see the Hyperloop pod? -- (link) - David Mar 4, 09:29 1
- Looks alright. - Beryllium Mar 4, 09:46
Trevor Bauer threw something at 116.9 miles per hour. -- (link) - David Mar 4, 08:51 8
- I like the Line Judges. -- nm - Spawn Mar 4, 10:51
- I know that when I throw a lighter ball (tennis vs baseball), my arm hurts - Will Hunting Mar 4, 09:15
- Does he have someone push his rotator cuff back in every pitch? -- nm* - Reagen Mar 4, 09:10
- Meanwhile ... Top of the order for NYY today -- (pic) - budice Mar 4, 09:01 [Attachment] 1
  - I don't think Drury will bat above 8th during the regular season. But good luck pitching to #2, #3 and #4. - Krusty Mar 4, 09:15
- That technique'll be useful if he ever switches to cricket. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Mar 4, 08:57
- Did he then run around shirtless like Thor? -- nm - Dano Mar 4, 08:54
- Was it his arm? Did it pop off? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 08:53
This staircase has a broken motivator. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 4, 08:48
New ST policy this week... - David Mar 4, 08:27 18
- Works for me. #AACchamps -- nm - Ender Mar 4, 11:40
- I do not like this new policy. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 4, 11:15 1
  - Pick a less shitty college sports team! -- nm - David Mar 4, 11:18
- Fair enough. Logan sucked!! Go Vols. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 4, 09:59
- What about teams where the HC is accused of recruiting violations or some other big scandal? -- nm - Strongbad Mar 4, 08:54 6
  - ST doesn't have show causes or the death penalty...yet. - David Mar 4, 09:05 5
    - So they're seeded #1 in their conference tourney? -- nm - Dano Mar 4, 09:10 4
      - Look, it's the same record, that's all that matters. Besides, Auburn's dirty. -- nm - Daveed Mar 4, 09:13 2
        
        When Bruce Pearl wins, UT wins. -- (link) - David Mar 4, 09:15
        
        I'm concentrating on another conference tournament right now. -- nm - Dano Mar 4, 09:14
      - They're #1 in your heart, Dano. -- nm - David Mar 4, 09:12
- 14 straight Big 12 titles motherf'ers! -- nm - Krusty Mar 4, 08:31 4
  - Your opinion counts 14 times as much as David's. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Mar 4, 08:32 3
    - So, same as always. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 4, 08:36 1
      - Hee! -- nm - David Mar 4, 08:36
    - 💀💀💀 -- nm - budice Mar 4, 08:34
- Tsk tsk. So exclusionary. In fact it’s probably an ADA violation. - Beryllium Mar 4, 08:30 1
  - Since you don't even have a team... -- nm - David Mar 4, 08:36
ERC: Black Panther $65.7M 3rd weekend, $501M domestic. 3rd Weekend total is 3rd all-time behind SWTFA and Avatar. -- (link) - budice Mar 4, 08:23
Since it's a slow Sunday have a look at some choices I'm thinking about for a new haircut and style. - Krusty Mar 4, 08:21 [Image] 10
- A Faux Hawk? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 4, 11:52 1
  - I would do a full mohawk if I went that route. I don't have an office job so I can go crazy if I want to. - Krusty Mar 4, 12:09
- #2. A little more stylish. -- (link) - Krusty Mar 4, 08:22 [Image] 7
  - 3. I like this messy look but I don't know if I'll be able to do it regularly and how long it'll look good before my hair grows too long again. -- (link) - Krusty Mar 4, 08:23 [Image] 6
    - You would need a stylist every morning to zzush it just so. I think the first one might suit you best, easy to maintain -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 4, 11:55
    - 4. This is similar to what my hair is styled like today but nicer. -- (link) - Krusty Mar 4, 08:26 [Image] 4
      - I love #1 and #3 is a close 2nd but agree seems like a lot of daily work -- nm - Epiphany Mar 4, 09:15 3
        
        I'm leaning towards #1 and a big part of that is thinking I could comb it to look nice every day without spending 20 minutes styling it. - Krusty Mar 4, 09:21
        
        Man bun - JenBro Mar 4, 09:19 1
        
        :-/ -- nm - Krusty Mar 4, 09:22
Bleary and sleepy this morning. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 07:52 2
- You know what’ll help that? Sleep. -- nm - Mop Mar 4, 08:15 1
  - You’d think, but children are jumping on me and watching loud tv shows. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 08:31
Alabama DT Da'Ron Payne at 6-2, 311 pounds. 4.91 40 time. -- nm - budice Mar 4, 07:34 2
- It makes a person wonder why Busty McBusterson had only 5 TFL in his entire college career. - David Mar 4, 08:15 1
  - The same reason that you and I have the same number of sacks as Vernon Gholston did as a Jet. - Krusty Mar 4, 09:50
Did you know that Andrew W.K. released a new album on Friday. There are songs about partying on it. -- nm - Dano Mar 4, 07:29 1
- still the best club date I've ever gone to. -- nm - Reagen Mar 4, 07:55
Arsenal, heh -- nm - budice Mar 4, 07:26
Happy birthday, Karl_NZ! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Mar 4, 07:20
After recommending it over and over I decided to rewatch Imposters season 1. Uma Thurman was totally robbed of an Emmy nomination. -- nm - Dano Mar 4, 07:20
Have you seen any of these movies? - Truman Mar 4, 06:47 8
- Colossal and Wind River. Both are making my Top 20 for the year. -- nm - Ender Mar 4, 11:23
- The Girl with All the Gifts -- nm - JD Mar 4, 10:26
- Wind River -- nm - Mop Mar 4, 08:03
- The Red Turtle, Colossal, Wind River, Song to Song... They are in my order of preference.. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 4, 07:34
- Brawl in Cell Block 99 - Good flick. -- nm - Krusty Mar 4, 07:30
- The only one I’ve seen is Colossal. -- nm - kelly Mar 4, 07:15
- 1 Wind River -- nm - Epiphany Mar 4, 07:09 1
  - Same -- nm - amoxy Mar 4, 07:12
Three Billboards C+ (spoils) - Inigo Mar 4, 06:34 8
- I speculate that if Shape of Water wins BP instead of Three Billboards, it's because of reactions such as this. - Baron of the Rings Mar 4, 08:02 3
  - I was in the minority for not liking Shape of Water -- nm - amoxy Mar 4, 08:12 2
    - This is a nice video explaining the BP voting process. I thought it was a point system, but it's more like the Iowa caucuses. -- (link) - Baron of the Rings Mar 4, 08:22 [youtube] 1
      - That would be a big improvement over our current system of voting. -- nm - Krusty Mar 4, 09:17
- Spoils - Krusty Mar 4, 06:37 3
  - (Spoils) - Inigo Mar 4, 06:45 2
    - Agreed -- nm - JaxSean Mar 4, 10:25
    - (Madea?) -- nm - Reagen Mar 4, 07:54
This Warcraft movie is weird. -- nm - Diva Mar 4, 06:30 2
- weird for reals. -- nm - budice Mar 4, 07:18
- Really weird -- nm - prayformojo Mar 4, 06:31
What a wonderful start to the day of soccer. - Volnelk Mar 4, 05:56
RIP Roger Bannister -- (link) - Reagen Mar 4, 04:38
If you are at a party, sometimes 4 different women start flashing their boobs. It happens. -- nm - Bacon Mar 4, 02:31 3
- But real parties are topless. -- nm - Spawn Mar 4, 11:04
- It's like yawning, inexplicably contagious -- nm - Epiphany Mar 4, 05:47
- any nudity? -- nm - budice Mar 4, 04:09
Currently in that phase of building something where everything is broken in mysterious ways. Been stuck there for a couple weeks. :( -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 00:43 2
- I think I've vanquished this beast, finally. Hopefully I'll be able to push the change to ST tonight. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 10:52
- I know what you mean. -- nm - Trump Mar 4, 00:56
Hey Max, thanks a lot for B2. - Spawn Mar 3, 23:25
Agents of SHIELD had a great moment that’s definitely a spoiler. - Mop Mar 3, 23:19 1
- Spoiler - Beryllium Mar 3, 23:34
Going to drop a bit of positivity---Tim and Qale talked about the song, but Drake's "God's Plan" video is pretty good. Cool concept. -- (link) - Flavorize Mar 3, 22:57 [youtube] 2
- There's nothing good about Drake. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 4, 06:15
- counter -- (link) - Spawn Mar 4, 00:02
Watching the Winter Olympics, I wondered how long before they introduce “X-Games” style sports into the Summer Olympics, then realized they had. - Mop Mar 3, 22:45 10
- The L.A. 1984 Olympics had windsurfing. That's when I bought one of these.... -- (link) - Meg Mar 4, 08:36
- This is the cycling event I want to see... -- (link) - Flavorize Mar 4, 05:39
- Surfing and skateboarding has been added to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. -- nm - Under the Influence Mar 4, 04:25
- slalom canoeing has been in since 92. -- nm - Reagen Mar 4, 03:39
- I'd like to see it (competitive roller skating) if it's akin to the speed skating of the winter games...I like to see the wipe outs -- nm - Flavorize Mar 3, 22:56 3
  - Have you see Ice Cross? This needs to come to the Winter Olympics. And then we can have roller derby in the Summer Olympics. -- nm - Mop Mar 3, 23:16
  - Olympic roller derby would be awesome -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 3, 22:58 1
    - Yes! Definitely! -- nm - Flavorize Mar 3, 23:06
- One of the local, sports radio stations now had "E Sport talk" on, late at night. If video games ever make it to the Olympics...and god damn it... - Flavorize Mar 3, 22:49 1
  - If table tennis can be an Olympic sport, then why not darts, pool, and e-sports? -- nm - Mop Mar 3, 23:14
I had some friends over tonight to watch Point Break. Because... I don’t know. It just kinda happened. -- nm - Mop Mar 3, 22:42 4
- Please tell me it was the original. Please tell me it was the original. Please tell me it was the original. -- (pic) - Flavorize Mar 3, 22:45 [Attachment] 2
  - Of course. And it was *awesome*. We had a whole Mystery Science Theater thing going. -- nm - Mop Mar 3, 23:16 1
    - Rifftrax has got ya covered. -- (link) - Qale Mar 4, 06:25
- The original, right? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 22:45
"I said I was going to run this country like a business. That business is a waffle house at 2 am." -- nm - SNL Trump Mar 3, 22:21 4
- Lady, your house is nasty -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 3, 23:57
- A Waffle House at 2 am would be run better than Trump’s running this country. -- nm - Mop Mar 3, 22:42 2
  - Especially in a hurricane. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 00:11
  - By far. -- nm - Spawn Mar 3, 23:22

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